Marguerite Young Alexander

Founding Members of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority
Osceola Macarthy Adams
Florence Letcher Toms
Ethel Carr Watson
Wertie Blackwell Weaver
Winona Cargile Alexander
Marguerite Young Alexander
Ethel Cuff Black
Zephyr Chisom Carter
Myra Davis Hemmings
Olive C. Jones
Mamie Reddy Rose
Naomi Sewell Richardson
Vashti Turley Murphy
Madree Penn White
Bertha Pitts Campbell
Eliza Pearl Shippen
Frederica Chase Dodd
Edith Motte Young
Jessie McGuire Dent
Edna Brown Coleman
Jimmie Bugg Middleton
Pauline Oberdorfer Minor

Marguerite Young Alexander
Born	March 1889 Springfield, Illinois, USA
Died	December 3, 1954(1954-12-03) (aged 65) Chicago, Illinois, USA
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Howard University
Known for	Co-founder of Delta Sigma Theta Also charter member of sorority's Lambda chapter

Marguerite Young Alexander (1889–1954) was one of the founders of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated.^[1]

Biography

Marguerite Young was born in March 1889 in Springfield, Illinois, the fourth child and only daughter of James William Young, a hotel waiter, by his wife, Minnie.^[2]

Young was a student of romance and classical languages at Howard University, where she graduated in 1913. While there she participated in numerous campus activities including the co-founding of Delta Sigma Theta. She married a dentist named Waldo Alexander and was also a charter member of Delta Sigma Theta's Lambda Chapter, based in her hometown of Chicago.^[1][3]

She died in Chicago on December 3, 1954.^[4]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Harris, Jessica (2008) "Women of Vision, Catalysts for Change: The Founders of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority" in Parks, Gregory S. Black Greek-Letter Organizations in the Twenty-First Century: Our Fight Has Just Begun Lexington, Kentucky: University Press of Kentucky p. 77 ISBN 978-0-8131-2491-9 
2. ^ Twelfth Census of the United States Supervisor's District 11, Enumeration District 90, Capital Township, Third Ward, Sangamon County, Illinois: National Archives and Records Administration June 1, 1900 p. 6B 
3. ^ Fourteenth Census of the United States:1920–Population Supervisor's District 1, Enumeration District 104, Chicago, Second Ward, Cook County, Illinois: National Archives and Records Administration January 2, 1920 p. 1A 
4. ^ "Historical Cook County, Illinois Vital Records [database online"]. Death Certificates. Cook County (IL) Clerk's Office. http://www.cookcountygenealogy.com/Search.aspx. Retrieved 22 October 2010. 

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Name	Alexander, Marguerite Young
Alternative names
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Date of birth	March 1, 1889
Place of birth	Springfield, Illinois, USA
Date of death	December 3, 1954
Place of death	Chicago, Illinois, USA